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7 exercise. ‘1‘“: i ‘ r By the early heretics, who invaded the Christian church even before the Apostles left it, all nutter was looked upon as es- sentially'evil. Many persons believed it to bethe work of malignant spirits. ' Somewhat later, men sought to purify the soul by breaking down the bodyâ€"beau ing it, half-starving it, exposing it to the heats of summer and the cold of winter, and subjecting it to every form of hard usage. Filthy and half brutalized hermit: were venerated as the choicest of saints. There has been a vast change since those days. The body is looked upon as the fit companion of the soul. Sven its appetites, in their proper sphere and within their nor- mal limits, are regarded with high respect, nor merely as contributors to our pleasure, but as essential to our highest welfare: \Ve insist. on it as a vital truth that the mind can do its best only as it is ministered to by a sound body. Even within the present century, a schol- ar was known by his pale face, feeble limbs and dyspeptic stoopâ€"joint. product. of the fair ous “ midnight oil," foul air and flabby muscles. Now we say, “ Nature is not to be cheated at any point.” Instead of proudly pushing a precocious child in his studies, we hold him back be- hind his mates, and seek to restore the harmonious balance of his brain with his body by an abundance of pure air, nourish» ing food and zestful lay. \Ve thus save him from becoming a ullard or an imbecile. Insanity was once looked on as the work of demons. It is now regarded as a purely physical infirmity. perhaps inherited from those who had somehow violated physical law, or induced b our own transgression. Even the terrible epression into which good men sometimes fall, are now seen to be the result of disturbed physical states. Perhaps in nothing is the change more marked than in the present attention to physical culture. A national association for its promotion has been at work among us for five years. At its last annual meeting in Boston, the leading universities were rep- resented by their respective professors of physical culture. Improvements are constantly being pushed, and gymnastic teachers find steady employment. The female sex is coming into the movement. Some young Women have al- ready fitted themseveles to do good in schools and colleges. Many are seeking similar preparation. Eruptive Diseases These include smallpox, Vurioloid, scar- let fever, measles, chicken pox and a dis- ease called German measles. The specific organism or germ of none of these diseases has as yet been discovered but it is almost certain that they are all caused by a micro- organism. Says Dr. Canfield in “ The Mother’s Nursery Guide ”: \thn the fever which precedes all these diseases, and which is usually high in children, breaks out, it is impossible for any one whether physician or not, to say what the disease will be until the eruption has appeared. ‘Vhen the eruption has appeared, the child should be kept apart; from the rest of the family according to the directions of the attending physician,_ and all other children in the houseor family be kept from school and away from others. The worst disease after smallpox is scar- let fever. Smallpox should never occur and rarely does where vaccination is properly performed. The poisonous part of these diseases undoubtedly lies in the scales of skin which peel off and spread the disease if they are allowed to fly about. Those who come in contact with scarlet-fever patients should keep as far away from healthy persons as possible. The physician, nurse and mother are all thatneed tosee the sick child and when them leave the room, they should go out in the air, or change the outer garment before going near others. Of all diseases smallpox can effectually be prevented by proper vac~ cination, measles is usually not very serious but scarlet fever is the disease most to be dreaded. Fortunately it is not so danger- ous unless the contact is close while measles is contagious at a long range. In all these diseases the scales of the skin contain the contagious principle and the skin of the child should be kept well anoint- ed to keep these scales from flying about. After the disease is over all the clothes and everything in the room as well as the room itself should be thoroughly disinfect- ed in the way laid dowu by the family phy- sician or the health officer. Upon the mother should be impressed that. it is very dangerous to keep clothes of children who have died with scarlet fever, for they may géve the disease to other children years a ter. 1 N ewonsness and Its Cure. Dr. Bilsinger, in an article on the cure of ncauasthenia, or modern nervousnes, which is pervading all classes of society in an in- creasing degrce, insists that each individual has the menus, to a certain extent, in his own hands, of all.» iating by a rational mode of life the general harm to which modern man is exposed under the influences which contribute to nervousness. . But the major- ity of people seem to prefer to remain ignoro ant, and more or less gradually impair their nervous systemr by certain special indul- genccs. abuse of stimulants, too early and excessive use of tobacco smoke, ctc, Among the early symptoms of derangement from these causes are erossuess, a tendency , expands the chest. to be overcome by triflcs or a sensibil-, ity to nervous disturbances. But in ap- parently critical cases u. out risingly favor- able result may be reached y the exercise of a little patience, combined with a proper and intelligently directed general hygiene. Nervous patients must school themselves religiously to avoid as much as possible all drug remedies. lie-numbing narcotics should fee lally be foresworn, no matter how active they may appear at first, for in the end they to a certainty do more harm than good. Of immensely greater value than drugs to nervous patients are the natural factors of are air. light, water, uiet and lgresh air. and especia y moun- tain air, is invaluable, and can be indulged in without fearof excess. The same, however, can not be said of water. This most severe sign of all remedies but come into discredit innervoue disc-sea becam of its flagrant abuse. A to. indiscriminate application of waterisadocble ' n to nervous patients Outlithth . combined with the ai can and certain Respiratory and mussels minim, anti-ii assuage, it not th“ e teat benefit. Gardening is one of the t and simplest cures for disorderednerves,- and an arm and chest strengthener, which ulates the activity of the heart and strong on: the muscla‘. can bo'used with great advantage, rovided the exercise is taken in a well-air room. The diet should be light, slightly stimulating and frequently chsn ed'; sfxong soup, fruit, green vegetables an mild and grain dishes are recommended. Asnitable mentaltrca‘fl ment should go hand in hand with hygienic and dietetic measures, and above every- thing, patience and lost must he insisted upon. - Necessity For Pastimes. All men feel the necessity of beguiling the hours ; the versiest sloth will soon fall out of his senses if he does nothing batman the ticks of the clocks ; so man has invent- ed for his solace an infinite variety of delib~ crate pastimesâ€"artificial work of head or hand â€"â€"which lull his perception of the slip- ing sands as well as productive labor does that of the artisan. The energy which has been cited to show that there are no signs of decrepitude or senility in the worldâ€"â€" societyâ€"mankind as a massâ€"is nowhere more manifest than in theelaborate and cosh ly preparations for amusementâ€"for sheer pastimeâ€"which ensues as soon as people get respite from the task ofbr-ead~winning. A notable and somewhat unsatisfactory fea. ture in this mimicry of work is that the pro fessional is coming more and more to the front,to the discouragement of the amateur. To excel in billiards, in cricket, in golf, tennis, or any of the myriad games played with balls of various size and material,more time must be filched from serious business than can by any means be afforded by those who have to earn a living. To become pros ficient in the spot-stroke postulates an ap- renticeship at least as severe and as pro- onged as that of any skilled handicraft,and the extraordinary perfection attained by those classed as “ gentlemen” cricketers, as distinguished from “ players,” implies that for them it is the business of life, and not mere relaxation. The tendency of all games, in this age of wealth and leisure, is to turn players into athletes, and in these, as in serious work, “amateur” is synonymous with “ immature. ” Yet; games are of such excellent use in themselves, not only as recreation from strain, but as safety valves for the danger- ous or mischievous forces in human nature, diverting the thoughts from unhealthy ten~ dencies and chasteuiug the frames into sym- metry and grace, that it were 'a. pity if room were not kept for people who can never aspire to professional proficiency. They are potent safe-guards against two of the most deplorable deformities to which human nature is liableâ€"dullness in the hard- worked and vanity in the idle ; each of which brings many a man and woman into a tragic degree of ridicule. Some young people areso constituted as to feel no inclin- ation to games, but; very much the re- verse; their minds are of such fiber as. to retain elasticity without having recourse to s stematic diversion. That; they are not characters of small capacity which exhibit this trait may be shown by quoting two Well-known instances of men highly distin- uished in widely different careers. The Duke of Wellington could never be induc- ed, when at school, to throw any spirit into the sports of other boys ; he preferred wan- dering about alone to the engrossing occu- pation of foot ball or cricket. Rousseau consumed days and nights in close study in an attempt to master the game of chess; but, though he persevered in repeated eu~ deavors, they all came to nothing, for as often as he sat down to a game, all that he had learned went out of his head. But such acters hard wprk, unrelievecl by competi- tive games, is apt to produce “ grooviness ” â€"â€"-and superfluous leisure, stupidity. It is diflicult to imagine a young woman fond of lawn tennis falling a prey to the morbid self-consciousness which consumed the Com- tessc de Senecterre, whom Tallcmunt des Rcaux describes as a beautiful but very foolish woman. One of her fancies was to have pillows of every size in her beduâ€"evcn for her thumbsâ€"for she prided herself on her beautiful hands and slept with them open to keep the joints small. Athletes, it is true, are peculiarly prone to vanity, but the form that vice assumes in them is that of the pride of life, by many degrees more pardonable than the deliberate self-love of indolcnce. It is a long descent from games which exercise mind or body to those of pure chance, yet these have as firm a hold upon human inclination as if they possessed merit in themselves. N o more piteous impression can be made on a. mind capable of reflection than is left by a visit to the table at Monte Carlo. Hour after hour, day after day, year after year, the same crowds gather round them, blind to the beauty of sapphire sea and glorious sunshine, content to swel- ler and scramble and wrangle â€"for what? \l'ell, they are under the thrall of one of two motivesâ€"two deplorable motivesâ€"one the lowest, the other the saddest that can be conceived. _For the first is avariceâ€"of all lust the most obscene, of all passions the most disastrous. Valor, self-devotion, truth, humanity, may (so complex is human nature) coexist with much that is evil in a character, but avarice taints the whole being; unlike other desires, it is never satis- fied, it is never at rest: nothing sweet can flow from the source which it has polluted. Let there be no mistake or palliation about this: Avnrice is the primary lure to the Casino. Take away the gold. and who would be so childish as to play for counters and swceuneats? The other and subsidiary motive which collects a crowd round the tables is the desire of idle men to rid them- selves. of that most precious possession, time, which, once it is gone, can never be recalled, the loss of which is ever the cause of fruitless regret. ' “ Knowledge comes, but wistm tarries;” but here even knowled seems to be set at contempt. Crowds of of ucated people, with ready access to all the stores of knowledge laid up through the laborious ages for pres- ent use, afliun the oontemp‘tihle creed of luck. Never was there a god so false, never one before whomso many how the knee in rofound and ignorant faith. It wpnld be oat labor to combat the Whimsical: uni- versal and wholly ineradicable among gam- blers in an inscrutable influence it on human occasion, ca bio of being offen ed or rcpitiatcd. It iffcrs in no respect from ido try ; for civilized, well-educated people behave just as the pagan does in regard to the Great :l‘pilit, the souls of his ancestors or the deli were of nature. It is, in fact, a kind lusorial animiam. instances are exceptional, and in most churn “ Don’t t diluted disappoint your luck !"â€"-fho gumbler's car- a fat for . dinal preceptâ€"implies the'seme dread of ofl‘ending a wernt being, impatient of slight,,as st novelty. in the Indo-china, to lay brandy and cheroots on the grave of :a certain British edicer whom' they hated and feared on account of his tyrannical rule over them, believing that his spirit can only be kept from mischief by bein plied with the same little luxuries he love when alive. “ The Lord thy God is a jealous Lord " is dogma a not peculiar to Jewish worship; it is the idea uppermost in all religion. . ’ - ‘ ‘l'nals‘ of Shipwreo ked Sailors _ 'A. it. Sullivan, mate of the ship \V. A Campbell which was lost at sea, has arrived at San F runcisco with six of the crew, who escaped with him. Sullivan states that the fury of the gale was such that the crew were powerless, and the deck was soon lit- tered with wreckage of spars and masts. Finally it was decided to abandon the ‘ship, as it. was apparent it would soon sink. The water tanks were all burst in, and only a small supply could be secured from the don- key engine. The captain’s young wife, who bore herself bravely, and his baby were put in the larger boat with Captain Havcncr. and 13 sailors. It. was decided to set fire to the ship for fear that she might wreck other l vessels, so as they shoved off the torch was applied, and soon afterwards she blew up, as there wore explosives on board. “ After staying together two days,” said Sullivan, ‘9 I decided to push on, as my boat. was the swiftest. All hands were put- on short al- lowance, half condensed milk and water and three biscuits a day ; canned meat at morn- ing meal, and in the evening one tin of fruit was used. Do the tenth day our water ave out, and I put the men on the same al- lowance of wine. On the 14th signs of weakness were noticeable in several of the men. Twenty days out and all our liquids exhausted. The men behaved well, with the exception of three Chiliau sailors. The men noticed that the Chiliaus seemed to stand the short allowance of rations better than themselves, and it was decided to as- certain the wsy they did it. Watch was set, and in the night they were, discovered eating from the rations of the sleeping sail~ ors. It was all I could do to save the lives of these Chilians,as several of the men drew their knives and swore to kill the thieves." No tidings have been received of the miss- ng boat which contained Captain liavencr, wife, and child, Second Mate Alexander Murray, Third Mate Percy E. Turner, and eleven men. It is thought they were picked up by a vessel going round Cape Horn or have perished. ' - W A Russian Scsuisl. A great sensation has been caused in official circles at Moscow by the announce- ment of the sudden death, at Tashkend, of Major-General Alexis Boronok. The deep impression caused by this news is due to the fact that the diseased officer had only just; arrived in Turkestan for the purpose of making a thorough investigation into the provincial administration, in some depant- ments of which great confusion and even irregularities are alleged to exist, in winch, it is asserted, a. great number of the officials l are involved. These circumstances have led to the belief that there is possibly a con- - a nection betwoen Boronok’s sudden death and the dread entertained by certain offi- cials of the results of the investigations which the General was charged to make. Startling Discovery in Old London- The Press Association learns that the po- lice are at present investigating a discovery of a startling nature which was brought to their attention last Friday. Building opera- tions are at present going on in the rear of some houses at Greville Street, Brunswick S uare, London, and under the flooring of an outhousc the workmen discovered, buried in lime, a quantity of human remains. Upon examination, they proved to be portions of two adults and a child, and in one the skull was cleft in two. The police are now mak- ing inquiries into the matter. In the twelfth century a book was at- tached to a footman’s spear to enable him to drag a. knight- from the saddle. The Lord Mayor of London‘s badge of office contains diamonds to the value of £120,000, and the temporary owner has to give a bond for it before he is sworn in. An Australian pearl-diver says that one of the strange effects of diving is the invar- iable bad temper felt while working at the bottom of the sea. As this usually passes away as soon as the surface is reached, it is robably due to the pressure of the air effecting the lungs, and through them the brain. The exhilaration and bonhomia of the mountain-climber is a contrary feeling from an oppostte cause. A diver becomes so angry at some ima inary wrong-doing on the part of those in t 8 boot above that he gives the signal to be pulled up, “ with the up for when the surface is reached. that in a private mission school in the town . of Kiota there are four hundred Japanessi women. Ten years ago the fathers of these girls looked upon them as slaves, or at best upper servants. Now they strain every nerve to give them a liberal education; Even young husbands are sending their girl wives to school. The craze to‘learn English isuniversal. The coolie will offer to work for an English speaking master for the price of two pounds of rice a day, if he will only talk to him qunglish. FRIED FILLETS or Exposuresâ€"Florin. der is generally substituted for solo ‘ which is not often found in our markets and this dish is commonly called , “fillet of sole.” A fillet is a piece of meat or fish without bone. The skin will , come from a fresh fish readily, but the flesh ; of a stale fish will stick to the skin and be , torn more or less. At eight centsa pound ' a flounder weighing eight ounds will serve eight persons and not ma '8 a very costly dish. For frying, fish should be wiped dry and crumbled with crumbs which have been 5 dried, rolled and sifted, but flour may some- l times be used for the same purpose of dry- ing it. Sprinkle ' the fish with salt. and pepper and dip in bread crumbs, then in , egg and last in crumbs. To prepare the g egg, beat it with one tablespoonful of milk a or water, but do not think bemuse vou have ' plenty etc" that all egg will bobettcr forit will sunk: a thicker costing and this is I not as good as the thinner one made by the i g. Fry the fish in hot deep ghost eight minute i moves the inhabitants of ‘ intention of knocking the heads off the i - :9 , entire cm" only to forget Whm‘ he “ame at the bottom, to protect‘ your hands from ; son's-slump. Inttle Poet. Two little feet; so small that both may 1105210 In one caressing hand : * ‘ Two tender feet upon the nut-led burger 0t life's mysterious laud ;‘ Dimplcd and soft and pink as pbsehtrce blos- ' sums “ . In A ril‘s fragrant days. ow canpthey wa:k nmongthe brief-vtanglos ‘ Edging the world's rough ways! ‘ These rose-white feet. along thedoubtful future Mug-t bear :1 mother’s load: Alas! since" woman has the heavier burden. And walks the harder road. Lovofi‘ora while. will make the path before em . e . - l .. ' All dainty. smooth, nn‘l fair : ll ill cutaway the brambles. letting only‘. The roses blossom there. But when the mother‘s watchful eyes are shrouded Away from'sight of men. ‘ , And the-to dear feature left without her gu1d~ ins. “'bo shall direct them then f How will they bsnllured. betrayed. deluded, Poor liftlc unruught foot: Info \ynnt dreary mazes \Vlll they wander, \\ hut dangers will they meet? I “fill they go toiling blindly in the darkness Of sorrow’s tearful shades? . ‘Orflud tho upland Slopes or once and beauty. \\ hose sunlight. novor fl osl Will they go toiling up ambitions summit. _'l‘he common worm above 9 ‘ Or in some nameless vale securely shaded t W all; side by side with love 'l Some test there be which wall: life's track un- wounded \Vhich findbuf: pleasant ways : Some hearts there be to which this life is only A round of happy days. . But these are low. For more there are who wander \Vithout a hope or, friend. Who find their journey full of pains and losses And long to reach the end. Ah! who may read the future! For our darla mg We crave all blessing sweet, And pray that He who feeds the crying ravens lVlll guide the baby's foot. The Woman Beat- As a. schoolgirl she begins to display the characteristics that are inborn to her nature. She is a borrOWer. She doesn’t buy her school books and stationery, but spends the money which she should expend in this manner for some personal adornment. Then : her schoolmates are victimized. It grows to be an accepted rule that she shall help herself to her companions’ supplies, and she does it in a. regalway that makes it seem a. condescension on her part. Candies, trinkets and school girl treasures come under the general division, and she is usually as 1 well stocked with such belongings ssany of f her matps. \Vhen vacation comes she Mic- awbcrs someone into inviting her away for the season, and frankly admits the poverty of her purse. i This is but the beginning. As she goes into the world she still manages to travel : under the wing of some good-natured friend fwho may never wake up to the fact that she ,is being made a convenience of to suit the ’ whim of her clever friend. , Every woman numbers one or more of the : feminine beats among her acquaintances. The “friend " who accepts your gifts and i the hospitality of your home, but who has ;been never known to make any return for ‘ the favors she receives so gracefully. She will borrow your traveling bag and umbrella and in the meantime you may need the articles yourself and be forced to go \vi about. Perhaps you 'arc so fond of this fair im- position that you are willing to pay for all 3 her pleasures, but the awakening will come 3 some day and you will find that you might , better have lavished your kindness upon I i your laundress or maid, for the pretty fraud j who has shared yourpnrsc and your pleasur- . es is likely to prove ungrateful and forgetful ins soon as some better opportunity offers to serve her selfish ends. Scrim Curtains. Thin scrim curtains, lace cdgod, are lovely draped in the following manner. I ; bother them across the top, or haste lll finc pleats, and cross them at the top of the window till each length extends threefour- ths of the way over. They will hang very thick and double. Now separate the sides, and drape back with cords or ribbons, just two feet below the gathers; and have these upper portions hanging quite full until al- imost “ baggy.” \Vhat is then left of the ' lengths hangs in long, scant folds just reach- ing the floor. A Handy Holder. Every housewife has almost daily felt the I necessity of a holder near enough at hand to be of use upon unexpected occasions. ; To supply this need I purchased a few yards of quite narrow cheap crash, toweling, Cut ; this according to the length of your arm,.-' or a trifle longer, fold the toweling two or three, or us many thicknesses as you need, the heat ; stitch across three or four times, civilisation of the \Yest is seizing .hold on {fasten to your waist with one 01- t\v03;1fct,y. Japan and all-that 13 Japanese. 1! Is 803th ! pins, and you will never again be obliged to choose between burning your hands, or us- ing your apron asa holder. A cheap grain sack cuts up nicely, and makes equally as _ good holders, and is cheaper than crash. ‘ These holders can be washed Weekly, and two or three will last; for years; Oatmeal andâ€"How to Cook it- OA'rneAr. 1’0mnnnrz.-Put as much water into a saucepan as will make the quantity of porrid e desired. Let it boil : then take a handfu of oatmeal in one hand and let it full gradually into the water. and with a spoon in the other hand stir the wafer and meal round and round, constantly letting more meal slowly fall from the hand, till the whole is as t' ick as common mush ; then salt to and at it boil ten minutes; add a. little more boiling water and. boil five or ten minutes longer, stirring quickly to pre« vent its scorching. Os'ruluu. Cass. --Wet the meal with hot. water, add a Jittle salt, then knead into a dough ; roll out very thin, and bake on iron, platu till quite dry, but without scorching. ' Fan-m Onassisâ€"Slice up cold cooked oatmeal, then fry in a little hot. lard, or dip in beaten eggs salted to taste, then in bread or cracker crumbs, and drop in hot lard like doughnuts. Suntan OATMEAL. ~To one teacup of oatmeal add one quart of cold water, and a toss fnl of salt :‘put in the steamer over a kettle of hot Water, and steam one hour and a half after the meal begins to cook. Gunner. Warmâ€"Use equal perts'o! water and oatmeal, make as thin‘asyoa-un shape out. on the bottom of the pan, so that when done it. mil not be thicker than a knife blade anywhere, and most places you can see light through it. Bake very slowly untilh quite dry, watching so it will not score . Apple Butter- An Interested young reader asks for s. ro- cips for making apple butter. No better rule can be given than that in “ Fruits and how to use them" by Mrs. Hester M. Poole. 'l‘uke sweet cider from the press, not more than a dav old or alcohol will begin to fora and the cider will have lost its fruity qual~ ity. Boil it down one half and then add the apples, pared, cored and sliced. There should be, by measure, slightly more than half as much apple as boiled cider. Cook slowly and carefully, skimming whenever necessary, and stir with a long wooden pad‘ dle which reaches the bottom of the kettle. The a..ple is broken into one mass like mar ‘ malaue. When it begins to break, sweeter to the taste ; it is more wholesome and ap- petizing if left quite tart. It can be kept any length of time- in stone jars or woollen pails it thoroughly cooked. The usual apple butter told in groceries is made in- sipid with too much sugar. The old~fash~ ioued apple butter, less rich but more palat~ able preserves the very essence of the apple. Season with spices if liked, but the apple flavor is incomparable. Cider Apple Sauce- Reduce sweet older to about one half ho boiling m er a gentle fire. Peel and core thy, apples allowing one peck of apples to one quart of the boned cider. The best sauce is made from half sweet and half sour apples. Bell the sauce for an hour then add a pint of molasses to the proportions given above and continue boning slowly for five hours' Keep ttc sauce boning steadily but the heat should only be intense enough to maintain the boiling and the sauce should cook until it turn red. it should be stirred occasional- ly from the sides to prevont burning and as it thickens the stirring should be frequent to avoid danger of burning. Sometimes one fourth of the fruit» is made up of quince parings, when jelly or preserv- es arc uelng made of that fruit. When the apple sauce is cold it is put up in stone or glass jars or wooden buckets and closed air tight. When 0. smaller quan~ tlty ofsauce is made it can be boiled in about two hours if the older is used which ha: been boiled until thick. v Breakfast Dishes- TWIN .MOUNTAIN Mommaâ€"Cream one half cup of butter, then add cruduully one half cup of sugar. llcal- two eggs light and and to the butter and sugar“ Mix lullt‘ teaspoonfufs of baking powuor uni one tea- spooutul of salt With one qua-rt of flour. Add to the first mixture alternately with one cup of milk. Drop from the spoon into buttered muffin pans. Bake about twenty- five minutes in a moderate oven. Busxxrmsr BACON’.â€"â€" moon is easily cook- ed und easily spoiled. A new way to cook it is here illustrated. Cut the bacon into thin sheet: thengrease a common wiro broiler with a little of me rind and lay lhu bacon in even rows across it. Set the owner info or overa dripping pan and put thslmn the oven on the grate. UooK until the bacon is ONE}? and la) the slices on brown paper to drum. .Uo censorsâ€"'1‘st rule is a little different from the usual rules because both soda and cream tartar are used With sour milk. Tho ingredients are rive cups of flour, one ton- spoonful of cream tartar, one heaping tea- spooulul of butter, one cup of sugar, one and a half tcaspoonf'uls of salt; one quart er teaspooulul each of cinnamon and nutmeg, one egg, one cup of sour milk, ouc rounded Lesspuumul of soda. Mix the dry ingredients together as follows: Sllt the cream tartar in the flour and then rub in the butter With the tips or the fingers ; drop the egg whole into the centre orthe flour; silt the soda into the sour milk and pour on the egg. W hen using soda mix it With the acid as quickly as possxblc in order to save the car- bonic gas Which makes the mixture light; if soda is dissolved in hot water accorumg to the old way a part of cffchescencc is lost; It is better to add it to the acid which is already sifted in the flour or mixed with it. After mixing this dough Well addu little more flour it necessary and turn on to a. well floured board. Work it slightly and l'Ull out one-fourth of an inch wick, out With a dough cutter and fry in deep fat uuul bl‘OWll and drain on bruwu paper and sprinkle wrth powdered sugar. Have the fat but and to and whether it is hot enough try it thh u. piece of bread which should brown wmlc you count Sixty slowly as the clock ticks. 'l‘ms is the rulcfor an uncooked mixture but for something Which is already cooked as u. croquctfc the fat must ‘be hot enough to brown the broad in forty minutes, counting in the some slow manner. it any- thing is to be tried a long time do not leave the fat on the front of we range where it grows hotter and hotter but after plunging A8 a Proof 0f the manner in Wild! the with the machine, hlim the other end and me article to be fried into very hot fat so» the kettle back where the heat Wlll not in- crease; in this way a hard brown crust is not formed. Bread flour has more gluten in it than pastry flour therefore if you wmn anything to me quickly it should be made of me latter, which is not so tenacious. it in a. mistake to keep but one kind of flour in the house; but I! compelled to use bread flour with baking powuer or soda remem- ber to use less as it swells more. Using the wrong kind of flour‘fs very often the secret of failures in cooking. Full-:0 l’o’l‘s'f'uns. -â€"- be do not ex- pect, that everybody Iwrll cook pota- toes in this way when in a hurry m the morning but we give the male to illustrate a new way of serving potatoes and it also shows how simple materials may to outdo into handsome dishes. l‘ure the potatoes; and then cut them in shape using an apple carer. The pieces of potato Ill shape or an apple core as it comes from the ccrcr are then soaked in salted water for an hour, as potatoes always fry better when part of the starch has been removed. Now nml the potatoes for eight minutes which is not long enough to break them'm pieces, drum them thoroughly by spreading their. on a cloth, then fry in deep fat using a basket. When well browned, season with salt and pepper and drain on brown paper. When ready to serve, sprinkle with nucly chopped parsv lcy but if the parsley must be omitted the potatoes will taste as well but. not look as tempting. All good cooks now use a frying basket as it helps to much and pro. vents breaking the materials to he fried as in using a fork.